Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government recommends Ukrainian Parliament adopt draft law "On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine" (as to voluntary unification of territorial communities) as a basis

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Chairman urges MPs to support reviewing bills pointed at establishing Local Orthodox Ukrainian Church

(&nbspInformation Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat&nbsp)

The Chairman Andriy Parubiy suggests that the Parliament considers two
bills establishing the Local Orthodox Ukrainian Church

With this proposal he appealed to parliamentarians,
referring to the request of Patriarch Filaret during the unification
council on December 15, when the Ukrainian Church had been proclaimed."At
the council on December 15, when the Local
Orthodox Ukrainian Church was proclaimed, Patriarch Filaret appealed to me as
the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada to replenish the agenda and
consider two bills necessary for establishmentof the
Ukrainian Church," said A.Parubiy.

The Chairman then named the bills: the bill No. 5309 on
amendments to the law of Ukraine "On freedom of faith and religious
organizations" as to names of religious organizations that make up the
structure (are parts) of a religious organization whose nerve center is located
outside Ukraine in a state, which has been legally recognized as committed
military aggression against Ukraine and/or temporarily occupied territory of
Ukraine - which clearly defines there can be only one Ukrainian Orthodox Church
in Ukraine;

and the second draft
law is thebill No. 4128 “On amendments
to the law of Ukraine "On freedom
of faith and religious organizations"
(regarding the change in subordination of religious
communities), which does simplify the subordination
rebound.

A.Parubiy called on members
of parliament "to hear the Patriarch Filaret’s
plea to include thebills in the agenda
in order to consider and uphold them so
long as they both are pointed at establishing the
Ukrainian Church and will help it gain wider benevolence
and support in Ukraine".